diff --git a/redhat/kdebase/kdebase-3.5.12-kickoff_unstable.patch b/redhat/kdebase/kdebase-3.5.12-kickoff_unstable.patch
index 2a58f0020..7b8b649e1 100644
--- a/redhat/kdebase/kdebase-3.5.12-kickoff_unstable.patch
+++ b/redhat/kdebase/kdebase-3.5.12-kickoff_unstable.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,443 @@
-Index: ui/k_new_mnu.cpp
-===================================================================
---- ui/k_new_mnu.cpp	(revision 1259264)
-+++ ui/k_new_mnu.cpp	(working copy)
-@@ -3502,6 +3502,8 @@
-                                   descr, "system:/media/" + name, nId++, -1 );
+Binary files kdebase/kicker/data/kickoff/resize_handle.png and kdebase1/kicker/data/kickoff/resize_handle.png differ
+diff -ur kdebase/kicker/kicker/buttons/knewbutton.cpp kdebase1/kicker/kicker/buttons/knewbutton.cpp
+--- kdebase/kicker/kicker/buttons/knewbutton.cpp	2011-08-11 01:25:50.000000000 -0400
++++ kdebase1/kicker/kicker/buttons/knewbutton.cpp	2011-11-18 12:54:22.380404540 -0500
+@@ -55,26 +55,28 @@
+     : KButton( parent ),
+       m_oldPos(0,0)
+ {
++	
++	setTitle(i18n("K Menu"));
+     Q_ASSERT( !m_self );
+     m_self = this;
+-    m_hoverTimer = -1;
+     m_openTimer = -1;
+-    m_active = false;
++    m_hoverTimer = -1;
+     m_mouseInside = false;
+     m_drag = false;
+-
+-    setIconAlignment((TQ_Alignment)(AlignTop|AlignRight));
+-    setAcceptDrops(true);
+-    setIcon("kmenu-suse");
+-    setDrawArrow(false);
+-
+-    m_movie = new TQMovie(locate("data", "kicker/pics/kmenu_basic.mng"));
+-    m_movie->connectUpdate(this, TQT_SLOT(updateMovie()));
+-    m_movie->connectStatus(TQT_TQOBJECT(this), TQT_SLOT(slotStatus(int)));
+-    m_movie->connectResize(this, TQT_SLOT(slotSetSize(const TQSize&)));
+-
++    
++    setIcon("kmenu");
++    setIcon(KickerSettings::customKMenuIcon());
++    
+     TQApplication::desktop()->screen()->installEventFilter(this);
+-    setMouseTracking(true);
++
++  if (KickerSettings::showKMenuText())
++    {
++        setButtonText(KickerSettings::kMenuText());
++        setFont(KickerSettings::buttonFont());
++        setTextColor(KickerSettings::buttonTextColor());
++    }    
++    
++    tqrepaint();
+ }
  
-         ++it; // skip separator
-+	++it;
-+	++it;
+ KNewButton::~KNewButton()
+@@ -82,28 +84,15 @@
+     if ( m_self == this )
+         m_self = 0;
+     setMouseTracking(false);
+-    delete m_movie;
+ }
+ 
+-void KNewButton::slotStatus(int status)
+-{
+-    if(status == TQMovie::EndOfLoop)
+-        slotStopAnimation();
+-}
+ 
+-TQColor KNewButton::borderColor() const
++void KNewButton::drawButton(TQPainter *p)
+ {
+-    TQImage img = m_active_pixmap.convertToImage();
+-
+-    for (int i = 0; i < img.width(); ++i) {
+-        QRgb rgb = img.pixel(orientation() == Qt::Horizontal ? img.width() - i - 1 :
+-                    i, 2);
+-
+-        if (tqGreen(rgb) > 0x50)
+-            return rgb;
+-    }
+-
+-    return img.pixel( orientation() == Qt::Horizontal ? img.width() - 2 : 2, 2);
++    if (KickerSettings::showDeepButtons())
++        PanelPopupButton::drawDeepButton(p);
++    else
++        PanelPopupButton::drawButton(p);
+ }
+ 
+ void KNewButton::show()
+@@ -111,103 +100,12 @@
+      KButton::show();
+ 
+      if (KickerSettings::firstRun()) {
+-         TQTimer::singleShot(500,this,TQT_SLOT(slotExecMenu()));
++         TQTimer::singleShot(0,this,TQT_SLOT(slotExecMenu()));
+          KickerSettings::setFirstRun(false);
+          KickerSettings::writeConfig();
+      }
+ }
+ 
+-void KNewButton::updateMovie()
+-{
+-    m_oldPos = TQPoint( -1, -1 );
+-    drawEye();
+-
+-    if (!m_active && m_movie->running())
+-        m_movie->pause();
+-}
+-
+-void KNewButton::setPopupDirection(KPanelApplet::Direction d)
+-{
+-    KButton::setPopupDirection(d);
+-
+-    delete m_movie;
+-
+-    switch (d) {
+-    case KPanelApplet::Left:
+-        setIconAlignment((TQ_Alignment)(AlignTop|AlignLeft));
+-        m_movie = new TQMovie(locate("data", "kicker/pics/kmenu_vertical.mng"));
+-        break;
+-    case KPanelApplet::Right:
+-        setIconAlignment((TQ_Alignment)(AlignTop|AlignRight));
+-        m_movie = new TQMovie(locate("data", "kicker/pics/kmenu_vertical.mng"));
+-        break;
+-    case KPanelApplet::Up:
+-        setIconAlignment((TQ_Alignment)(AlignTop|AlignHCenter));
+-        m_movie = new TQMovie(locate("data", "kicker/pics/kmenu_basic.mng"));
+-        break;
+-    case KPanelApplet::Down:
+-        setIconAlignment((TQ_Alignment)(AlignBottom|AlignHCenter));
+-        m_movie = new TQMovie(locate("data", "kicker/pics/kmenu_flipped.mng"));
+-    }
+-
+-    m_movie->connectUpdate(this, TQT_SLOT(updateMovie()));
+-    m_movie->connectStatus(TQT_TQOBJECT(this), TQT_SLOT(slotStatus(int)));
+-    m_movie->connectResize(this, TQT_SLOT(slotSetSize(const TQSize&)));
+-}
+-
+-void KNewButton::slotSetSize(const TQSize& s)
+-{
+-    m_iconSize = s;
+-}
+-
+-double KNewButton::buttonScaleFactor(const TQSize& s) const
+-{
+-    double sf = 1.0;
+-
+-    switch (popupDirection()) {
+-        case KPanelApplet::Left:
+-        case KPanelApplet::Right:
+-//            sf = kMin(double(s.width()) / m_iconSize.height(), double(s.height()) / m_iconSize.width());
+-//            break;
+-        case KPanelApplet::Up:
+-        case KPanelApplet::Down:
+-            sf = kMin(double(s.width()) / m_iconSize.width(), double(s.height()) / m_iconSize.height());
+-            break;
+-    }
+-
+-    if (sf > 0.8) sf = 1.0;
+-    return sf;
+-}
+-
+-int KNewButton::widthForHeight(int height) const
+-{
+-    int r = m_iconSize.width() * buttonScaleFactor(TQSize(m_iconSize.width(), height));
+-
+-    if (!m_movie->running() && height != m_active_pixmap.height())
+-    {
+-        KNewButton* that = const_cast<KNewButton*>(this);
+-        TQTimer::singleShot(0, that, TQT_SLOT(slotStopAnimation()));
+-    }
+- 
+-    return r;
+-}
+-
+-int KNewButton::preferredDimension(int panelDim) const
+-{
+-    return kMax(m_icon.width(), m_icon.height());
+-}
+-
+-int KNewButton::heightForWidth(int width) const
+-{
+-    int r = m_iconSize.width() * buttonScaleFactor(TQSize(width, m_iconSize.height()));
+-    if (!m_movie->running() && width != m_active_pixmap.width())
+-    {
+-        KNewButton* that = const_cast<KNewButton*>(this);
+-        TQTimer::singleShot(0, that, TQT_SLOT(slotStopAnimation()));
+-    }
+-    return r;
+-}
+-
+ bool KNewButton::eventFilter(TQObject *o, TQEvent *e)
+ {
+     if (e->type() == TQEvent::MouseButtonRelease ||
+@@ -223,75 +121,9 @@
+         }
+     }
+ 
+-    if (KickerSettings::kickoffDrawGeekoEye() && e->type() == TQEvent::MouseMove)
+-    {
+-        TQMouseEvent *me = TQT_TQMOUSEEVENT(e);
+-        if ((me->state() & Qt::MouseButtonMask) == Qt::NoButton) 
+-            drawEye();
+-    }
+-
+     return KButton::eventFilter(o, e);
+ }
+ 
+-void KNewButton::drawEye()
+-{
+-#define eye_x 62
+-#define eye_y 13
+-    TQPoint mouse = TQCursor::pos();
+-    TQPoint me = mapToGlobal(TQPoint(eye_x, eye_y));
+-    double a = atan2(mouse.y() - me.y(), mouse.x() - me.x());
+-    int dx = int(2.1 * cos(a));
+-    int dy = int(2.1 * sin(a));
+-
+-    TQPoint newpos(eye_x+dx,eye_y+dy);
+-    if (newpos!=m_oldPos) {
+-        m_oldPos = newpos;
+-        TQPixmap pixmap = m_active_pixmap;
+-
+-        double sf = 1.0;
+-
+-        if(!m_movie->framePixmap().isNull())
+-        {
+-            pixmap = m_movie->framePixmap();
+-            pixmap.detach();
+-            m_iconSize = pixmap.size();
+-            sf = buttonScaleFactor(size());
+-
+-            if (KickerSettings::kickoffDrawGeekoEye()) {
+-               TQPainter p(&pixmap);
+-               p.setPen(white);
+-               p.setBrush(white);
+-               //      p.setPen(TQColor(110,185,55));
+-               p.drawRect(eye_x+dx, eye_y+dy, 2, 2);
+-               p. end();
+-            }
+-        }
+-
+-        TQWMatrix matrix;
+-        switch (popupDirection()) {
+-        case KPanelApplet::Left:
+-            matrix.scale(sf, -sf);
+-            matrix.rotate(90);
+-            break;
+-        case KPanelApplet::Up:
+-            matrix.scale(sf, sf);
+-            break;
+-        case KPanelApplet::Right:
+-            matrix.scale(sf, -sf);
+-            matrix.rotate(90);
+-            break;
+-        case KPanelApplet::Down:
+-            matrix.scale(sf, sf);
+-            break;
+-        }
+-        m_active_pixmap = pixmap.xForm(matrix);
+-
+-        tqrepaint(false);
+-    }
+-#undef eye_x
+-#undef eye_y
+-}
+-
+ void KNewButton::enterEvent(TQEvent* e)
+ {
+     KButton::enterEvent(e);
+@@ -315,15 +147,8 @@
+     }
+ 
+     m_active = true;
+-    m_movie->unpause();
+-    m_movie->restart();
+ }
+ 
+-void KNewButton::rewindMovie()
+-{
+-    m_oldPos = TQPoint( -1, -1 );
+-    m_movie->unpause();
+-}
+ 
+ void KNewButton::dragEnterEvent(TQDragEnterEvent* /*e*/)
+ {
+@@ -369,31 +194,12 @@
+     }
+ }
+ 
+-void KNewButton::slotStopAnimation()
+-{
+-    m_active = false;
+-    m_movie->pause();
+-    m_movie->restart();
+-    TQTimer::singleShot(200, this, TQT_SLOT(rewindMovie()));
+-}
+-
+-const TQPixmap& KNewButton::labelIcon() const
+-{
+-    return m_active_pixmap;
+-}
+-
+ void KNewButton::slotExecMenu()
+ {
+-    if (m_openTimer != -1)
+-        killTimer(m_openTimer);
+-
+-    m_openTimer = startTimer(TQApplication::doubleClickInterval() * 3);
+ 
+     if (m_active)
+     {
+         m_active = false;
+-        m_movie->pause();
+-        m_movie->restart();
      }
+ 
+     KButton::slotExecMenu();
+@@ -401,40 +207,12 @@
+     assert(!KickerTip::tippingEnabled());
+     assert(dynamic_cast<KMenu*>(m_popup));
+ 
+-    disconnect(dynamic_cast<KMenu*>(m_popup), TQT_SIGNAL(aboutToHide()), this,
+-            TQT_SLOT(slotStopAnimation()));
+-    connect(dynamic_cast<KMenu*>(m_popup), TQT_SIGNAL(aboutToHide()),
+-            TQT_SLOT(slotStopAnimation()));
+-
+     m_popup->move(KickerLib::popupPosition(popupDirection(), m_popup, this));
+     // I wish KMenu would properly done itself when it closes. But it doesn't.
+ 
+-    bool useEffect = true; // could be TQApplication::isEffectEnabled()
+-    useEffect = false; // too many TQt bugs to be useful
+-    if (m_drag)
+-	useEffect = false;
+-
+     m_drag = false; // once is enough
+ 
+-    if (useEffect) 
+-    {
+-        switch (popupDirection()) {
+-        case KPanelApplet::Left:
+-            qScrollEffect(m_popup, TQEffects::LeftScroll);
+-            break;
+-        case KPanelApplet::Up:
+-            qScrollEffect(m_popup, TQEffects::UpScroll);
+-            break;
+-        case KPanelApplet::Right:
+-            qScrollEffect(m_popup, TQEffects::RightScroll);
+-            break;
+-        case KPanelApplet::Down:
+-            qScrollEffect(m_popup, TQEffects::DownScroll);
+-            break;
+-        }
+-    }
+-    else
+-        static_cast<KMenu*>(m_popup)->show();
++    static_cast<KMenu*>(m_popup)->show();
  }
  
+ void KNewButton::timerEvent(TQTimerEvent* e)
+@@ -447,9 +225,4 @@
+         killTimer(m_hoverTimer);
+         m_hoverTimer = -1;
+     }
+-    if (e->timerId() == m_openTimer)
+-    {
+-        killTimer(m_openTimer);
+-        m_openTimer = -1;
+-    }
+ }
+diff -ur kdebase/kicker/kicker/buttons/knewbutton.h kdebase1/kicker/kicker/buttons/knewbutton.h
+--- kdebase/kicker/kicker/buttons/knewbutton.h	2011-03-12 01:58:13.000000000 -0500
++++ kdebase1/kicker/kicker/buttons/knewbutton.h	2011-11-18 09:31:03.163665964 -0500
+@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
+ 
+ #include "kbutton.h"
+ 
+-#include <tqmovie.h>
+ #include <tqpoint.h>
+ 
+ /**
+@@ -43,25 +42,10 @@
+     ~KNewButton();
+ 
+     static KNewButton *self() { return m_self; }
+-
+     void loadConfig( const KConfigGroup& config );
+-
+-    virtual const TQPixmap& labelIcon() const;
+-
+-    virtual int widthForHeight(int height) const;
+-    virtual int preferredDimension(int panelDim) const;
+-    virtual int heightForWidth(int width) const;
+-
+     TQColor borderColor() const;
++    //virtual void setPopupDirection(KPanelApplet::Direction d);
+ 
+-    virtual void setPopupDirection(KPanelApplet::Direction d);
+-
+-private slots:
+-    void slotStatus(int);
+-    void slotSetSize(const TQSize&);
+-    void slotStopAnimation();
+-    void rewindMovie();
+-    void updateMovie();
+ 
+ protected:
+     virtual void show();
+@@ -78,17 +62,15 @@
+     void timerEvent(TQTimerEvent*);
+ 
+ private:
+-    void drawEye();
+-    double buttonScaleFactor(const TQSize& s) const;
+ 
+-    TQMovie* m_movie;
++	void drawButton(TQPainter *p);
+     TQPixmap m_active_pixmap;
+     TQPoint m_oldPos;
+     TQSize m_iconSize;
+     TQRect m_sloppyRegion;
+-    int m_hoverTimer;
+     int m_openTimer;
+-    bool m_active;
++	int m_hoverTimer;
++	bool m_active;
+     bool m_mouseInside;
+     bool m_drag;
+ 
+diff -ur kdebase/kicker/kicker/ui/k_new_mnu.cpp kdebase1/kicker/kicker/ui/k_new_mnu.cpp
+--- kdebase/kicker/kicker/ui/k_new_mnu.cpp	2011-08-11 01:25:49.000000000 -0400
++++ kdebase1/kicker/kicker/ui/k_new_mnu.cpp	2011-11-18 15:02:51.565689119 -0500
+@@ -1700,8 +1700,6 @@
+         TQPixmap pix( 64, footer->height() );
+         TQPainter p( &pix );
+         p.fillRect( 0, 0, 64, footer->height(), m_branding->tqcolorGroup().brush( TQColorGroup::Base ) );
+-        p.fillRect( 0, m_orientation == BottomUp ? footer->height() - 2 : 0,
+-                64, 3, KNewButton::self()->borderColor() );
+         p.end();
+         footer->setPaletteBackgroundPixmap( pix );
+     }
+@@ -3500,7 +3498,8 @@
+         }
+         m_systemView->insertItem( iconName, userLabel.isEmpty() ? label : userLabel,
+                                   descr, "system:/media/" + name, nId++, -1 );
+-
++        ++it;
++        ++it;
+         ++it; // skip separator
+     }
+ }
diff --git a/redhat/kdebase/trinity-kdebase-3.5.13.spec b/redhat/kdebase/trinity-kdebase-3.5.13.spec
index faf8d13ad..84d3c4d8c 100644
--- a/redhat/kdebase/trinity-kdebase-3.5.13.spec
+++ b/redhat/kdebase/trinity-kdebase-3.5.13.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 %if "%{?version}" == ""
 %define version 3.5.13
 %endif
-%define release 7
+%define release 8
 
 # If TDE is built in a specific prefix (e.g. /opt/trinity), the release will be suffixed with ".opt".
 %if "%{?_prefix}" != "/usr"
@@ -61,11 +61,14 @@ Patch7:		kdebase-3.5.13-genkdmconf_Xsession_location.patch
 Patch8:		kdebase-3.5.13-startkde_ldpreload.patch
 ## [kdebase/kioslave/media/mediamanager] FTBFS missing dbus-tqt includes
 Patch9:		kdebase-3.5.13-mediamanager_ftbfs.patch
-## [kdebase/kicker/kicker/ui]
-Patch10:	kdebase-3.5.12-kickoff_unstable.patch
 ## [kdebase/startkde] Sets default Start Icon in 'kickerrc'
 Patch11:	kdebase-3.5.13-startkde_icon.patch
 
+# TDE 3.5.13 patches
+## [kdebase/kicker/kicker/ui]
+Patch10:	kdebase-3.5.12-kickoff_unstable.patch
+## [kdebase/kdm] adds gcrypt support
+Patch12:	kdebase-3.5.13-kdm-crypt.patch
 
 # Fedora 15 Theme: "Lovelock"
 %if 0%{?fedora} == 15
@@ -217,10 +220,9 @@ Protocol handlers (KIOslaves) for personal information management, including:
 %patch7 -p1
 %patch8 -p1
 %patch9 -p1
-cd kicker/kicker
-%patch10 -p0
-cd -
+%patch10 -p1
 %patch11 -p1
+%patch12 -p1
 
 # Applies an optional distro-specific graphical theme
 %if "%{?tde_bg}" != ""
@@ -317,9 +319,10 @@ cd build
 %endif
 
 # Moves the XDG configuration files to TDE directory
+%if "%{_prefix}" != "/usr"
 %__mkdir_p "%{?buildroot}%{_prefix}/etc"
 %__mv -f "%{?buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/xdg" "%{?buildroot}%{_prefix}/etc"
-
+%endif
 
 %clean
 %__rm -rf %{?buildroot}
@@ -522,10 +525,17 @@ update-desktop-database %{_datadir}/applications > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_datadir}/sounds/*
 %{tde_libdir}/*
 %{_libdir}/libkdeinit_*.*
+%if "%{_prefix}" != "/usr"
 %{_prefix}/etc/xdg/menus/applications-merged/kde-essential.menu
 %{_prefix}/etc/xdg/menus/kde-information.menu
 %{_prefix}/etc/xdg/menus/kde-screensavers.menu
 %{_prefix}/etc/xdg/menus/kde-settings.menu
+%else
+%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/menus/applications-merged/kde-essential.menu
+%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/menus/kde-information.menu
+%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/menus/kde-screensavers.menu
+%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/menus/kde-settings.menu
+%endif
 /usr/share/xsessions/*.desktop
 # Remove conflicts with redhat-menus
 %if "%{?_prefix}" != "/usr"
@@ -583,6 +593,10 @@ update-desktop-database %{_datadir}/applications > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_datadir}/cmake/*.cmake
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 18 2011 Francois Andriot <francois.andriot@free.fr> - 3.5.13-8
+- Updates Kickoff menu Fix [TDE Bugs #281, #508]
+- Adds KDM gcrypt dependency
+
 * Sun Nov 13 2011 Francois Andriot <francois.andriot@free.fr> - 3.5.13-7
 - Add distribution-specific start button icon